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"What have I done, darling? This evening you are like a muted gong."
"What have I done, darling? This evening you are like a muted gong."

"What have I done, darling? This evening you are like a muted gong."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1933
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 11 7/16 × 11 7/8 in. (29 × 30.2 cm) Sheet: 11 7/16 × 11 7/8 in. (29 × 30.2 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1998
"I've done what I could, Mattie. You can learn him but he don't retain"
"I've done what I could, Mattie. You can learn him but he don't retain"
Alan Dunn
1927
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
Alan Dunn
1948
"...and don't believe that stuff about this being a machine war as I have never seen so much walking done in peace or war."
"...and don't believe that stuff about this being a machine war as I have never seen so much walking done in peace or war."
Alan Dunn
1941
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"Will you hold the line a minute, darling, while I pass a truck?"
"Will you hold the line a minute, darling, while I pass a truck?"
Alan Dunn
1946
"Peter darling, you can come back just as soon as I finish dressing."
"Peter darling, you can come back just as soon as I finish dressing."
Alan Dunn
1930
"Isn't it wonderful what the new Empire State Tower has done for Kate Smith?"
"Isn't it wonderful what the new Empire State Tower has done for Kate Smith?"
Alan Dunn
1951
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
Alan Dunn
1948
Image Not Available for “I wish they wood train me for Pago Pago as I like it from what I seen in the movies.”
“I wish they wood train me for Pago Pago as I like it from what I seen in the movies.”
Alan Dunn
1942
"A bit off the beaten what?", "I don't like the set-up.", "I think it's extragalactic."
"A bit off the beaten what?", "I don't like the set-up.", "I think it's extragalactic."
Alan Dunn
1960
"I have to be careful what I read. Doctor Craft says my pituitary might run away with me."
"I have to be careful what I read. Doctor Craft says my pituitary might run away with me."
Alan Dunn
1931